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F. F. lVIcMULlfEN.v

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FRANCIS FLOOD MCMULLEN, or BONDviLLniLLINOIs.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,794, dated June 14,1898.

Application filed July 15, 1897. SerialNo. 644,700. (No modelJ To allwhom t may concern: v Be it known that I, FRANCIS FLOOD MULLEN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Bondville, in the county ofChampaign and State of Illinois, have invented certain new andusefullmprovements in Gates; andI do hereby declare the following to bea full,

. clear, and exact description of the invention,

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure 1 isa perspective view of a gate embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a detail section of the keeper. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thegate-supporting devices.

1 represents the main post to which the gate proper is hinged.

2 represents-the grate.V lts rear standard is provided with twohorizontal eyebolts 4 4,

the alined eyes of which encompass a verti# s cal rod 5, the angular arm6 of which is lixedin the main post 1 and forms a support for the lowereyebolt 4, while its upper end extends through a guide-bracketr7,secured to the inner face of the post. y is formed on its lower end withan integral angular arm 9,-provided Witha vertical eye` 10, whichencompasses the rod 5 and at the same time forms a support for the uppereyebolt 4, which in turn s-upports the upper end of the gate. YThis bar8 extends upward through a rectangular guide-oriiice 1l in the.

bracket 7, and it is provided with aY series of orifices 12 12, in oneof which is secured a pin13, which rests upon the upper face of thebracket 7 andsupports the weight of the gate, and by means of theseorifices the height of the gate may be adjusted at will. l

14 .represents a vertical crank-shaft jour- A vertical bar 8 naled inthe brackets 15 15, fixed in the main post 1, and to its crank-arm 16 ispivoted the rear end of the connecting-rod 17, the 4forward end of whichis pivoted to the vertical arm 18 of a longitudinalrrod 19, mounted inthe brackets 2O 21, fixed on the latch-rail 22, and the front end ofthis rod 19 is pivoted to the depending end of a connecting-rod 23,pivoted in a bracket 24, depending from the top rail 25. l

The rear end ofVA the rod 19 projects beyond the bracket 20v and abutsagainst a spiral spring 26, which extends between the bracket and thegate-standard 3.

The latch-rail 22 has a free longitudinal movement in a rectangularguide-orifice 27 in the standard 3 and a longitudinal and a verticalmovement in the guide-orifice 28 in the front gate-standard 29.

Y 30 represents the fence-post, and 31 represents a curved metal platepivoted vertically to the post 30, so that its convex face will projectinto the path of the end of the latch-rail 22, and 32 represents aspiral spring seated in a recess 33 in the post, its free end abuttingagainst the back of the plate to press it 'Outward untilthe vertical arm34 of said plate rests against the'face of post 30 and which serves as alimit-stop for the'forward movement of said plate.

l31 represents a verticalbead on the gatepost 30, against which the gatecloses.

36 represents a longitudinal brace extending from the main post 1 to aside post 39, ixed on one side of the gate. This post is provided with akeeper 40, which engages the projecting end of the latch-rail 22 to holdthe gate when open. This keeper 40 is adjustably secured in a verticalslot 37 in the post 39 by means of a set-screw 3S, so that said keeper40 may be vertically adjusted to correspond to the latch-rail 22.

41'represents a horizontal cross-head fixed on the upper end of thecrank-shaft 14, and one end of this cross-head 41 is pivoted to a rod43, Which extends to the shorter arm of a vertical lever 44, fulcrumedon the Outer end of an arm 45, fixed .to the projecting end of the brace36 and to post 1.

extends from the opposite end of said crosshead to a similar hand-lever47, fulcrumed on the longitudinal arm 48, iixedon the post 39.

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A similar rod 46 lVhen a person approaches the gate, he draws the lowerend of the hand-lever I7 forward, which withdraws the latch-rail 22 fromthe fence-post 30 and swings the gate around at a right angle, so thatthe projecting end of the latch-rail is caught and held by the .keeperl0. After the person has passed through the gate and arrived at theopposite hand-lever he pushes that one forward to release the latch-barfrom the keeper and closes the gate.

Although I have speciieally described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without depaiting,` fromthe spirit thereof.

Having' thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to seeurebyIietters Patent ofthe United States, 1s-

In a gate, the combination with the hinging-post l and the keeper-post30, of the gate 2 hinged to the former and provided with thereciprocating` latch-rail 22 to engage the latter, the erank-shaft 15journaled in bearing brackets on the buiging-post, the lateh-rod lf)mounted in the brackets 2O 2l on the latch-rail and pivoted at its frontend to the connecting-rod 23, the rod 17 connectingr the rear end of thelatch-rod and crai'ik-arm 16 of the crank-shaft, the spring 2G bearing`against said braeketlO, the cross-head Il ixed to the crank-shaft, thepivoted levers 44C 47,

and connections between said levers and cross-head, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS FLOOD MCM ULIJCN.

Vv'itnesscs:

FRANK RANKIN, WAI/mn C. lLxRons.

